{"title":"Realization of two-way communication across the air-water interface by thermoacoustic effect","authors":"Weipeng Wang, Jiawei Long, Liang Zheng, Shuaiqi Qiao, Jing Lu, Lin Huang","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790286","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports the two-way communication experiment across the air-water interface for the first time. Realize the signal transmission from air to water through thermoacoustic effect (TE). Microwave vibration measurement (MVM) technology is used to realize water to air signal transmission. Through the homemade experimental device, the bidirectional transmission of “UESTC” is realized. The results show that the combination of TE and MVM can realize two-way communication across the air-water interface.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132224671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improvement of UHF RFID Detection Rate in Multipath Environment Using Beam-switching Antenna Array","authors":"Zixuan Huang, Changrong Liu","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790110","url":null,"abstract":"Blind spots is one of the main problems in applying the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system in complex multipath environments. This paper presents a low-cost beam-switching antenna array for Ultra High Frequency (UHF) RFID, which significantly lowers the number of blind spots. The array makes use of orientation diversity and spatial diversity to overcome the fading. A unique low-cost and low-lost feeding network is designed to avoid any usage of phase shifters or power dividers, making the design economically efficient. Numerical optimizations and experimental demonstrations are performed to investigate the performances of the proposed antenna array and good agreements are obtained. The tag detection rate is compared with and without beam switching, and a significant improvement in detection rate is observed.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133341750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Radar-based blood pressure estimation using multiple features","authors":"Haotian Shi, Jiasheng Pan, Zhi Zheng, Bo Wang, Cheng Shen, Yongxin Guo","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790124","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a non-contact blood pressure measurement model based on the random forest algorithm and arterial pulse waveform detected by radar. After the radar signal is pre-processed with filtering and smoothing methods, feature parameters of arterial pulse waves are automatically extracted, and correlation analysis is conducted to further explore the relationship between feature parameters and blood pressure. Then, a blood pressure regression model based on the random forest is established. Compared with the reference blood pressure obtained by a sphygmomanometer, the DBP error of this model is $0.22 pm 3.85 text{mmHg}$ (Mean Difference ± Standard Deviation), and the SBP error is $2.52 pm 6.73text{mmHg}$ (Mean Difference ± Standard Deviation), which proves this method can effectively measure blood pressure by using a single radar in a non-contact state.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"378 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122056809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rehabilitation Training System for Upper Limbs of Frail Elderly People","authors":"Hongping Guo, Zhihua Yu, Chuan Chen, Jiehui Jiang","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790126","url":null,"abstract":"Currently, the elderly population has increased rapidly in the world. As one syndrome with high incidence in elderly people, frailty is mainly characterized by a reduction in muscle strength and a decline for muscle's function, which seriously affects the quality of elderly people's daily life. In this study, to help frail elderly patients carry out the rehabilitation of upper limbs, a novel Internet of Thing (IoT) rehabilitation stick system is deployed. In the system, motion sensors are used to monitor whether the rehabilitation physical activities are standardized. All data are in real-time displayed on the mobile app. Finally, we conducted experiments to validate the system.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124850541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Compact Four-Element MIMO Antenna with High Isolation for High-Data-Rate Telemedicines","authors":"Xin Ling, Xiongying Liu","doi":"10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790295","url":null,"abstract":"A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna is investigated at 2.45-GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band for high-data-rate implantable devices. The proposed MIMO antenna consists of four triangle patches. Due to adopting slots and shorting pins, the size is diminished with the dimensions of $9.62times 9.62times 0.765 text{mm}^{3}$. A high isolation (> 38.5 dB) between MIMO elements is achieved by employing the neutralization line and the defected ground. The simulated impedance bandwidth with $vert mathrm{S}_{11}vert$ less than −10 dB is 14.69% (2.28-2.64 GHz). The MIMO channel parameters, such as envelope correlation coefficient, diversity gain, and channel capacity, are calculated, indicating that the proposed antenna is capable for high-data-rate biomedical applications.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"148 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129634687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accurate Pulse Wave Signal Detection based on DC Offset Calibration using Non-convex Optimization","authors":"Zicheng Wang, Heng Zhao, Yuanren Ma, Yue Ma, Hong Hong, Xiaohua Zhu","doi":"10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790267","url":null,"abstract":"In order to acquire the accurate pulse wave signal using the biomedical radar sensor, the DC offset calibration should be carried out first. In this paper, the non-convex minimization-based algorithm has been unitized to estimate the DC offset for radar-based carotid arterial pulse wave measurement. Experimental results show that the proposed method can calibrate the DC offset so that the accurate pulse wave signal can be acquired, which can be further used for radar-based pulse wave analysis.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129900456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Walk, Jan-Christoph Edelmann, Thomas Ussmueller
{"title":"An e2e Communication System Operating in the Electromagnetic Near Field","authors":"J. Walk, Jan-Christoph Edelmann, Thomas Ussmueller","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790143","url":null,"abstract":"Ear to ear communication (e2e) is an excellent method to improve hearing aids. Given that the human head is inside the radio channel, this presents us with a major challenge, both in terms of efficiency and component geometry. This study provides an inductive communication platform for e2e including the selection of convincing topologies for antenna, transmitter, receiver and amplifier circuits. The test setup reaches 100 kBit/s at a distance of 20 cm. The power consumption amounts to 0.8 mA for transmission and 1.7 mA for reception. To achieve the gain needed for such a large distance, a receiver with a 4-stage amplifier is shown, which reaches 45 dB gain. For transmission a modified Hartley oscillator with OOK is presented which allows inductive counling at $f_{text{res}}=3.175$ MHz.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124329802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design Approach of a K-Band FMCW Radar for Breast Cancer Detection using a Full System-Level EM Simulation","authors":"M. Maier, Finn-Niclas Stapelfeldt, V. Issakov","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790275","url":null,"abstract":"The use of microwaves as an imaging technique in biomedical applications has attracted a great deal of interest in recent years. In this work we present the system level design approach of an FMCW radar system for the detection of breast cancer operating from 14 to 27 GHz with a depth resolution of less than 5 mm. To do this, we simulated a complete setup with transmitting and receiving antenna, skin, fat and tumorous tissues using a 3D electromagnetic solver. Based on these results, we performed a systematic full level modelling to obtain the resulting intermediate frequencies for different tumor depths. The link between system modelling and 3D simulation is possible because the total simulation volume is very small compared to typical radar applications. The workflow is shown schematically in Fig. 1. This approach can of course also be transferred to other comparable applications. The obtained results show that an FMCW radar system is able to detect tumors in breast tissue with a high fat content and to distinguish between different depths. Based on our approach, we also show a possibility for 3D imaging of female breasts.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124382300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Conical-Beam Electronically Scanning Antenna Array With Fixed-Frequency Using Edge Loading","authors":"Jin Zhao, Shishan Qi, Wen Wu, D. Fang","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790170","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a conical-beam antenna array with fixed-frequency electronically scanning capability. Twelve half-width microstrip leaky-wave antennas with inclined beams are evenly distributed along a circle to realize conical beam. The fixed-frequency beam electronically scanning in the elevation plane can be realized by varying the capacitance of varactor diodes loaded on the radiation edge of the half-width leaky wave antenna. The simulated results show that the conical beam scans from 22° to 43° at 2.46 GHz in the elevation plane. The ripple is less than 1.5 dB and the gain is better than 4.8 dBi. This fixed-frequency beam electronically scanning capability makes the proposed antenna being potentially useful for wireless communication systems in the bio-medical applications.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122850263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Doppler Cardiogram Detection in Clinical Environment","authors":"Shuqin Dong, Changzhan Gu, Zhi Zhang, Junfa Mao","doi":"10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790214","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, a K-band Doppler radar sensor with adaptive digital dc-tuning function was designed to measure the Doppler Cardiogram (DCG) in clinical environment. Aiming to suit the normal surgery or hospitalization scenarios, a novel filter method was proposed to extract the DCG signal from the original demodulated signals with no need for subject holding his/her breath. The digital dc tuning function embedded in radar ensures less linear distortion with simple hardware implementation. Then, clinical experiments and evaluations are carried out in the operation theatre. Experimental results show that the DCG obtained in this work is aligned well with ECG waveform. The P-R intervals and R-R intervals estimation results reached 99% and 92.8% accuracy, which indicates the proposed method is suitable for clinical application.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123105371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}